If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
THOMAS MOREWhoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.
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Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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